mudgirl

Last season, with no warning whatsoever, multiple police forces and transitos swooped into Sayulita one day and confiscated every golf cart they could find. They took them away from tourists who had just rented them, as well as private owners. They had a couple of giant flatbeds all ready. As golf carts are used extensively here, and there are several rental outfits, the rumor was that the taxi union was the instigator. Don't know if that was true or not. Word traveled fast and residents were getting them off the street and into their garages or yards.

As I understand it, the OP will get a 30 day permit for the vehicle under the Canje status he will be entering under. As that is the amount of time a person has to attend an INM office in Mexico to complete their visa process. The 15 days comes into play when you actually have that visa or it is in process. As another poster mentioned, paying Spencer to assist with this, as he knows the time constraints, would be wise. BTW, years ago when I had my Canadian plated vehicle in Mexico under a temp.visa and had sent off all the required paperwork to Aduana within the required time period, I never got a confirmation that it had gone through. Repeated calls over the course of a month and a half to Aduana were met with "It's in process". Finally I just emailed Banjercito asking if they had received the extension. I got a reply within 24 hours confirming that they had.

You are posting incorrect information which will only misinform or confuse the OP, who has stated that he has a TEMPORARY RESIDENCY visa approval. His car is perfectly legal to remain in the country and he will get his deposit refunded when next driving out as long as he notifies Aduana of his temporary visa within the required time period.

Got stung on the "drumstick" of my thumb six months ago. Took a Benedryl right away, as well as ice. Feeling did not work its way back to the tip of my thumb for 4 months! My first scorpion sting was similar to yours, Ferrret- a friend handed me a pair of shorts she said were too small for her if I wanted them- I went to try them on and there was a scorpion inside.

Sorry about your ordeal, but FYI scorpions do not bite- they sting.

Your first reply to this thread certainly sounds to me like you were just recommending that she go to the pharmacy, buy some (no prescription needed, you state) and try it. I did not assume anything about the OP's intelligence level.

Why would anyone recommend that someone else just go to the drug store and take some drug without them consulting their doctor? Incredibly irresponsible and dangerous. Lyrica is not some benign thing to self-administer as if it is aspirin. Has extremely dangerous side effects (40pound weight gains, hair loss, just to name a couple), ADDICTIVE, almost impossible to stop taking without horrible withdrawal symptoms. Harder to kick than heroin.

Thanks for clarification kbleitch.

Yet the info posted by Bisbee Gal here from the Guad. reporter article states the exact opposite- to hand in smaller part on departure and larger portion on return. It's all so insane and contradictory.

Wow, good for you, bob k. Sounds like you're about the only person who actually responded to this poster's simple request, rather than offer her a bunch of unsolicited, non-understanding, and in some cases, downright rude advice. Amanda, I live in Sayulita, and though I am not particularly lonely, I would be happy to make your acquaintance if I lived Lakeside. I know other people in Canada with Aspergers, and I know it's easier for them to relate one-on-one, rather than joining a singles club, for instance, with too much input all at once.

There is no reason why you could not start your own business given that you obtained the correct paperwork. You would first want to live in the area for awhile to assess what businesses already exist in the fields you are proficient at, and determine if you can come up with something that is lacking. If no one has thought of setting up a particular business, you are not taking jobs away from underemployed or unemployed Mexicans. (kinda like folks up north believing that Mexicans are taking all their jobs, when in fact they themselves have not been anxiously awaiting a job opportunity cleaning other peoples' toilets or crawling around in the hot sun picking tomatoes). This is what I did 15 years ago, and in all that time have had no competition, and am always swamped with work. Altho being swamped with work is possibly not what you are wanting or envisioning.

Aside from the fact that many of us are "of an age" where we might miss something if not paying attention, I don't really understand what is so confusing for people about this. Obviously, to me, if you have residency status, you would mark the appropriate box on the INM form. And obviously, to me, you would show your residency card when getting the form to fly out, as well as when handing in the other half on your return. It seems the INM agents at the PV airport are more on the ball than those in Guad. I've never heard of anyone having their visa marked "tourist" in PV when they are obviously not (according to the card you present) and having the hassle of having to start the visa process over.

Actually, I don't think any gardener should be holding a hose on any plants ever, it's not at all necessary. If the hose has one of those brass or plastic screw open/closed nozzles on it (as opposed to one that you squeeze the trigger on), it can just be set to a small trickle, and left at the base of a plant or tree for 5 minutes while the gardener prunes or rakes something. Then just go move the hose to another area and continue working. But that would be an efficient use of time, a concept not widely understood here :-)

I do almost all my own gardening, mostly because it brings me joy and contentment. I occasionally hire someone if I need tall bananas or palms pruned, but as other posters have noted, I don't consider standing and holding a hose for hours to be a job description I am willing to pay for. Once I hired a guy to do some pruning- I had to go attend to something else for 15 minutes, and when I came back, he was proudly and happily raking out all the mulch I put around my plants to conserve moisture and keep down weeds. I do wish you luck finding someone professional.

Well, I just see a lot of people who can afford to go out to eat several times a week, buy fancy imported groceries, are hooked up to internet, satellite TV, a fully equipped kitchen with lots of fancy appliances, have a really nice car (or 2), take Fifi to the groomers, etc, but don't pay their employees what I would consider a living wage. Which is not to say I think gringos should be paying something totally out-of-line with local wages, just that maybe one's maid might like to be able go out to eat with her family once in awhile, too, instead of just scraping by. The poster I was responding to said the maid has been working for them for years without a raise, so 10% raise, i.e.5 pesos/hr. seems pretty piddling to me. But I don't know the financial circumstances of the poster, so maybe that is a big outlay for them.

Wow, you raised your maid's pay by the equivalent of $1.35US for a 6 hour week, after she has been working excellently for you for years. How generous.

Yes, and that is the problem (not upping the pay). Gas has just gone up, CFE rates, everything that depends on transport will, etc. It costs your employees just as much to fill up their cars as it costs you, but they are less able to afford it. My maid, who has been working for me for 4 years and does a fantastic job, told me in Dec.that she needs to have her hourly rate increased by 10 peso/hr. in 2017, which I thought was totally fair. Altho she doesn't have to drive to my house, as she lives just up the block, she has 3 kids to ferry around and 5 mouths to feed.

What they call black sapote is actually a form of persimmon.

I have seen new ones for sale at Home Depot with drain holes on the water storage side.

I don´t know where you all buy your contacts up north, but they are about 3 times the price in Mexico (including Costco) than ordering them online. I don´t have experience with shipping to Mexico, I just had them sent to a friend´s place in Canada who was coming down.

Virgo girl- if you are planning to live in Mexico and use tourist permits, which will entail having to leave and re-enter every 6 months, rather than applying for temporary residency (whatever your reasons for that are not my business) maybe you should consider buying a used Mex.plated car so you don´t have to try to navigate what seems to be a question to which there are many conflicting answers.

I had a cat when I lived in Canada- every summer she would get a large " hot spot" on her back just above her tail. She would chew it til it was totally raw. Took her to vets, to little avail. Then went to a homeopathic vet who gave me a remedy, 3 times a day for 3 days. Hot spot disappeared quickly and NEVER came back. So for all you skeptics, I can attest that, at least in this case, it did work.

How is it fear mongering to state what the law is and that it is sometimes actually enforced? I personally know someone who had exactly what the OP posted happen about 5 years ago at the PV airport. Everyone is free to take their own chances, but knowledge is a good thing, no?

All Saltillo tile is not made equal in quality. You might think some places are charging a lot more than others but the quality may be better. Good to buy one tile from a few different places, mark on the back where you got it, take them home and give it a little stress test- like hit the edge with something (not a hammer, that would break any of them) and see which chip or break easier. Some break if you just look at them the wrong way. If you are doing a tiling job yourself, be aware that the Saltillo tiles, as well as the 3 or 4 inch traditional decorative tiles need to be soaked thoroughly in water before laying. Soak until the air completely stops bubbling out, then lay. Failure to do this means the tile will instantly start sucking the water out of the cement mix, and you won't get proper adhesion. I know people who paid for tiling jobs where half the tiles fell off the wall for exactly this reason. Have seen lots of pools with lots of missing tiles as well, because the guys who did the job thought it was okay to use white cement. Pool tiles need to be adhered with "Pega Venetianos" or type 3 cement, as they are made of glass.

I was told by a Mexican doctor that it was fine to substitute generics for the brand-name drugs but NOT to use those from Farmacia Similares, that they were very poor quality.